Homeostatic regulation of sleep and its regional aspects

Existing measures of corruption often suffer from bias and are too broad to guide policy or test theories. This paper proposes three new indirect indicators of high-level corruption in public procurement, using contract and organisation-level administrat

The first is a composite score expressing the probability of corruption occurring in public procurement tenders based on the incidence of ‘red flags’ associated with barriers to competition and unusually high winner market share. The second is a binary variable marking companies whose public procurement market success depends on the government in power, generated by tracking companies’ market volumes from before to after the government changes. The third is a binary variable marking those public procurement winners whose owners or managers are or were public officials, building on the literature on conflict of interest and the revolving door.
These new ‘objective’ indicators are used to demonstrate the utility of the approach taken for the study of other questions, such as the role of development aid (including EU Funds) in institution-building, the effect of elite composition on patterns of state capture, and the impact of civil service pay on high-level corruption.

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Oxford Centre for the Study of Corruption and Transparency

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Liz David-Barrett

Mihály Fazekas

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Department: Kellogg College

Date Added: 28/06/2014

Duration: 00:51:45

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Schoolgirls, Money and Rebellion in Japan

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Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

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Talk given by Dr Sharon Kinsella, University of Manchester as part of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies seminar series

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Department: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

Date Added: 27/06/2014

Duration: 01:01:51

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The Class: Connections and Disconnections in the Digital Age

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Department of Education Public Seminars

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This talk by Prof. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics, reflects on a recent ethnographic study of a year 9 class – researched at school and at home over an academic year.

We have been particularly interested in asking how young people perceive and respond to the demands made of them by school and family. How do they conceive of the place and purpose of learning, and the value of home or community? Do digitally mediated activities and networks enable or impede young people’s connected learning or opportunities in society? And what difference does or could the digital make to extending or deepening or otherwise underpinning such connections?

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Department: Department of Education

Date Added: 27/06/2014

Duration: 00:52:26

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The Queen Shrieks: The Shock of Ancient Egyptian Poetry

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Ancient Egyptian Poetry

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The Inaugural lecture of Richard B. Parkinson as Professor of Egyptology, accompanied by actress and author Barbara Ewing, on the emotional power of the famous Ancient Egyptian poem "The Tale of Sinuhe"

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Ancient Egyptian Poetry

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Department: Faculty of Oriental Studies

Date Added: 27/06/2014

Duration: 00:47:27

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Ancient Egyptian Poetry

A series based on the study and research of Ancient Egyptian poetry by Oxford's Professor of Egyptology, Richard Bruce Parkinson

Thailand and the Rule of No Law

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Asian Studies Centre

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A talk given as part of the Southeast Asia Seminar Series

The session will be focussing on Thai politics following the 2006 coup and how the protesters, the care taking government, the courts and military establishment and different classes in Thai society are currently dealing with the political struggles while relying on some form of legal arguments. The current political battle is not fought by mere physical power like in the past, but rather some form of legitimacy power claimed by all sides, each interpreting the constitution differently. As the struggles push closer to the critical point, the dynamic of power politics in an emerging Democracy such as Thailand is being illustrated clearer than before.

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Department: St Antony's College

Date Added: 26/06/2014

Duration: 00:57:14

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Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa

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Joint Seminar of the African Studies Centre and Reuters Institute.

Speakers; Catherine Gichuru (Editor, Nairobi Star, Kenya), Winston Mano (Westminster, editor, Journal of African Media Studies), Nic Cheeseman (African Studies, Oxford), Alexandra Reza (IR, Oxford), Chaired by David Levy (Reuters Institute, Oxford)